137Cs and 90Sr transfer to milk in Austrian alpine agriculture

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 69-84

  Lettner, H ^a   Hubmer, A ^a   Bossew, P ^b   Strebl, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biological half life; Radiocaesium; Radiostrontium transfer coefficient; Seminatural environment; Two compartment model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEPOSITION; ESTIMATION; STRONTIUM;

BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE; RADIOCAESIUM; RADIOSTRONTIUM TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; SEMINATURAL ENVIRONMENT; TWO-COMPARTMENT MODEL;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; STRONTIUM;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FARMING SYSTEM; HALF LIFE; MILK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MILK; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; AUSTRIA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALZBURG [AUSTRIA];

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CATTLE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; MILK; SAMPLING STUDIES; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 35348877860     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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